Packing.



A. W. JOINER.

PACKING.

APPLICATION FILED THE. 3, 1912.

1,,032,83. Patented July 16, 1912.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEYS A. W. JOINER.

PACKING.

APPLIOATION FILED PEB- a, 1912,

1,032,838 Patented Ju1y16,1912.

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WITNESSES INVENTOR W Z a'wtfazl7el? ATTORNEYS I llh ALLEN w. Janina, or nnavn, 'Pnnusv'Lvn-Nm.

Patented Julyid, were.

I The reference numeral 1 denotesithe-com PACKING.

naae aaa Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 8, 1912. Serial 'No. 675,101. 1

To all-whom it my concern.-

Be it lmown that I, ALLEN W. Jomnn, a citizen. of the United States of America, residin vat Brave, in the county of Greene and tate of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Packing, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawih 'lhis invention' relges to packing, and more particularly tea metallic packing used in connection with gas and steam engines,

as and air compression rods and fluid connit. pipes, piston rods and movable bodies.

invention aims to provide a meta ic' pachng embodyingsets of sectional rings provided with means for frictionally retaining said rings in engagement with the-body upon which they are mounted to provide a non-leakahle connection between said body and said rings, such connection being advantageous in connection with a coupling. or the abutting ends of two pipes.

My invention further aims to provide a sectional pacfing ring that will compensatefor the. wear upon said rings in a manner that insures tzlpositive bearing of the rings uponthe My invention further aims to accomplish the above results by a mechanical constructinn that is notliable to injury by ordinaryv use, inexpensive to manufacture and highly eficient for the purposes for which it is intended; v 7

With this un'derstanding'of the prlncipal objects of my invention, reference will now be had to the drawings wherein there is illus- Wated a preferredembodiment of the-invention, hut it is to be understood that the structural elements thereof are susceptible to such chan es as fall within the scope of the appende claims. N

In the drawings like numerals denote corresponding pa-rts throughout .the several views, 1n which Figural is a plan of a case provided'with the packing rings, the case being partly broken-away, Fig. 2 is across sectional view of the same, Fig. 3 is ahori'zontal sectional View of a'portion of the case, Fig. 4 is a pers e'c'tive view of one of the packing rings, ig. 5 is a perspective view of a connecting memher of one of the packing rings, and

- Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of one otthc packing rings.

y surrounded by said fronting ends of pipes or movable body and surroundlng the movable body is a two-part "case 2, the-parts of the case being connected together by bolts 3 and nuts-4. The twopart case has ooves 5 to accommodate my improved" rings, and as shown in Figs. 1 and3, the coves 5'are spaced-apart whereby the. packingrings willhave sepas rate and independent bearings upon the movable hody 1;. The packing rings are arranged in sets and are generally-designated A and B, each ring consistingof'a plurality offlat sections that snugly" fit within the groovesc. The seetions'of'the ring. A are designated 6, these sections being. segmentshaped with the outer edges thereof provide'd with grooves 7 that are Ushaped in cross section. The confronting. ends of the sections 6 are cutaway tov provide tongues 8, said tongues providing. a seat 9 for. a segment-shaped bridge member 10 thatv has the outer edge thereof provided with a groove 11, U-shaped in cross, section and adapted to aline with the grooves-7 of the sections 6, the grooves 11 of the connecting member 10 representing'a continuation of the grooves 7 of the sections 6. The members 10 are of a less length than the cut away portions of the sections 6, but sulficiently long to bridge the cut in ring plus a reasonable amount to lap on opposite tongue to insure a tightjoint and also to prevent coupling members from dropping into the cut should-it be moved to the end of the working extremity. Arranged in the grooves 7 and 11 are, coiled compression springs 12 for retaining the inner edges of the sections 6 in snug engagement with the peripheryof the pipes 1 or the movable body.

The confronting ends of the. tongues. S are provided with abutting lips 13 and I attach considerable importance to these lips, as it is through the medium of the same that the sections are preventedfrom rocking or shifting relatively to the movable-body until said lips are worn flush with the ends of the tongues 8. It is in this connection'that I am aware of sectionalpacking rings having abutting ends of'considerable area, for instance, the area of the ends oft-he tongues 8 without the lips 13. When such bearing rings wear, the are of the bearing surface of said rings is changed, and as the ends of the bearing; rings are not worn, the rings maintain t eir original position relatively to each other while the bearing surface of ,I of the lips of one section abutting against said rings is worn. In consequence of the changing of the arc of the bearing surfaces without changin the angularity of the abutting ends 0 the wearing rings, the rings become loose relatively to the body 1 they are supposed to pack, said rings rocking and thereby not forming a non-leakable connection said rings are to establish. Now, the arc of the sections 6 does not change, as the lips 13 must beworn ofi before the ends of the tongues abut, and as such wear upon the lips requires'considerable' time, the efiiciency of the sections6' is established for an equal period of time. i

Associated with the packing ring A is the packing ring B comprising sections l t having lips 15- and grooves 16 to recelve' a coiled compression spring similar to the spring 12. In positioning the sections of the packing ring B relatively to the sections pf the packing ring A, the lips '15 of the packing ring' B are alternately arranged relatively to the lips 13 of the pack- A ing ring A, whereby the space between the ends of the sections 14 of the ring B will be closed by the solid portion of the sections of the ring A.

The tension of the coiled compression springs is sufiicient to normally retain the sections of the packing rings snugly clamped upon the periphery of the movable body, and it is an. extremely easy matter to repair the packing should occasion demand or to entirely renew-thesame.

It is apparent from the foregoing that the packing is suitable for casesfitting inside of a stuffing. box or bolted to the cylinder head, and I reserve the right to use any strong and 'durablematerial throughout the construction.

What I claim is j 1. A packing ring formed of a plurality of sections, oppositely disposed tapering lips projecting from the ends of each section,

the inner edge of each lipforming a continuation of the' inner edgeof each section, and resil ent means arranged circumferen- .tially of the sections for retaining them in ring-like form and with the points of the lips of one section abutting against the points of the lips of adjacent sections.

2; A packing ring formed of a plurality of segment-shaped sections, eachtr said sections having each of its ends cut away to provide a tongue, a tapering 11p extending from each of said tongues, the inner edges of said tongues and lips forming a continua;

tion' of the inner edges of said sections, bridge members positioned against said tongues and having their ends spaced from the ends of the sections, and resilient means arranged circumferentially of said sections and bridge members for maintaining said sections in ringdike form with the points the lips of an adjacent section.

3. A packing comprising sets of sectional rings, each of the sections of each ring segment-shaped in contour and provided at each end with a tapering lip having its inner edge forming a continuation of the inner edge of its respective section, said lips being oppositely disposed, and resilient means arranged circumferentially of, each set of rings for maintaining. the sections thereof in ring-like form with the points of the lips of one section abutting against the points of the lips of adjacent sections, the abutting lips of one ring being alternately disposed points of the lipsfof adjacent sections,} and bridge members seated in thesfections' df one of said rings and having the outer edge thereof forming a continuation of the outer edge of the ring with which the members associate, said means seated in said mem bers. v i

5'. A packing comprising sets of each ring formed of a. plurality of s eg-i ment-shaped sections, taperinghps carried by the confronting endsof said sections, resilient means arranged circumferentially.

of said rings for-maintaining the sections thereof in ring-like form with the points of the lips of one section abutting against the points of the lips of adjacent sections, and

bridge members seated in the sections of one of said rings and having the outer edge thereof forming a continuation of .the outer edge of the ring. with which the members associate, said: means seated in said inem-' bers, the abutting points of 'the lips of one ring being alternatelydisposed with respect to the abutting points of the lips ofan adjacent ring. i

6. A packing comprising a; case having interiorly arranged annulargrocves, ,a set of packing rings mounted iniieach of the grooves of said case, each of said rings comprising segment-shaped sections, oppositely disposed tapering lips projecting fromftheends of said sections and each having its inner edge forminga continuation of the ins ner edge of its respective section, and means arranged in the outer edges of said sections for maintaining them in ring-like form with the points of the lips of one section abutting against the points of the lips of adjacent sections.

7. A packing comprising a case having interiorly arranged annular grooves, a set of packing rings mounted in each of the grooves of said case, each of said rings comprising segment-shaped sections, oppositely disposed tapering lips projecting from the ends of said section and each having its inner edge forming a continuation of the inner edge of its respective section, and means arranged in the outer edges of said sections for maintaining them in ring-like form with the points of the lips of one section abutting against the points of the lips of adjacent sections, the abutting points of the lips of a ring of one set alternately disposed with respect to the abutting points of 15 an adjacent ring of a set.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALLEN W. J OINER. Witnesses:

M. H. THOMAS, K. G. FLEMING. 

